Parliamentary questions

Departmental Budgets

Catherine Murphy

567. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of her Department's capital budget allocation that has been spent in the first two months of 2024; and if she will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2023, in tabular form. [12792/24]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

568. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a grant will issue to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12827/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Michael Fitzmaurice

569. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 173 and 174 of 6 March 2024, the amount of funding provided by either Horse Sport Ireland or Sport Ireland to equestrian-related bodies in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; under what programmes and for what purposes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12907/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

570. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 252, 253 and 254 of 27 February 2024, if the Irish taxpayers' commitment to the Ryder Cup is open-ended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12931/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

571. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 252, 253 and 254 of 27 February 2024, her views on whether the cost analysis review should be made available to the public; if she will ensure this report is published (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12932/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

572. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 252, 253 and 254 of 27 February 2024, her views on whether it is right for the public to pay more than €60 million to host the Ryder Cup in Adare, given this is four times the total core funding given to sports organisations in this country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12933/24]

Official Engagements

Paul Donnelly

573. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she met the Mayor of Austin, Texas, during her recent visit there.. [12976/24]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Donnelly

574. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers, online personalities and television and-or radio personalities engaged by her Department in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will include the fees expanded, by the name of personality and the name of the campaign they were engaged on, in tabular form. [12977/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

575. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the costs incurred to date in respect of two external reviews into HR and governance/culture at RTÉ. [13130/24]

Departmental Reports

Imelda Munster

576. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date for publication of the final report by the working group to develop a National Disinformation Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13131/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

577. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for her Department and all public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13205/24]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

578. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she can identify funding lines to cost a project (details supplied). [13219/24]

Legislative Measures

Violet-Anne Wynne

579. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will pause the introduction of a register (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13323/24]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

580. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a proposal for additional funding for the Cork Event Centre will be brought to the Cabinet. [11521/24]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

581. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish all documents relating to the Cork Event Centre. [11522/24]

Local Authorities

Pat Buckley

582. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department can extend the deadline for the voluntary redundancy scheme for local authorities' water staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/24]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

583. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within their Department during the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11598/24]

National Planning Framework

Matt Shanahan

584. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage within the pending review of national planning framework, if he has considered the impact of present required density guidelines and how, in a city such as Waterford, they are proving to be a disincentive to the provision of public and private housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11651/24]

Planning Issues

Matt Shanahan

585. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered what new statutory guidelines will be enforced with respect to planning appeals to An Bord Pleanála; if he is aware that some private planning appeals are taking over two years to receive a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11652/24]

Planning Issues

Matt Shanahan

586. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered making changes to the criteria which allows for observations and planning objections to be made to local authorities, often from people who have questionable impact personally from developments proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11655/24]

Water Services

Matt Shanahan

587. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what review has taken place in terms of the bureaucracy that surrounds access to utilities such as water and wastewater connections; whether the Minister is concerned at the difficulty developers experience in trying to communicate and negotiate with these State utilities; whether he has considered any new initiatives to provide transparency in such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11656/24]

Housing Schemes

Matt Shanahan

588. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where the development of new housing schemes using modular building methods have already taken place in Munster; the scale and costs associated with homes supplied by this method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11657/24]

Septic Tanks

Claire Kerrane

589. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of additional households that became eligible for septic tank grants since his announcement in November 2023 of changes to the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11658/24]

Septic Tanks

Claire Kerrane

590. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who can apply for the septic tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11659/24]

Septic Tanks

Claire Kerrane

591. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in the State that are in the eligible areas for septic tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11660/24]

Septic Tanks

Claire Kerrane

592. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in County Roscommon and County Galway that are in the eligible areas for septic tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11661/24]

Septic Tanks

Claire Kerrane

593. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise if he will review the eligible areas for the septic tank grant given the majority of areas cannot access it as they are outside the eligible area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11662/24]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

594. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding that has been spent to date in implementing the Youth Homelessness Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/24]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

595. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost to implement the remainder of the Youth Homelessness Strategy by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/24]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

596. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there will be a mid-term report published on the Youth Homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/24]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

597. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form a progress report on the implementation of each of the 27 targets within the youth homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

598. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of 18–24-year-olds that are registered for social housing on local authority waiting lists, provided by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

599. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of 18–30-year-olds that are registered for social housing on local authority waiting lists, provided by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

600. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units provided under the CAS for care leavers scheme per year from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11681/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

601. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided per year for the CAS for care leavers scheme per year from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11682/24]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

602. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2023 broken down by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP. [11684/24]

Housing Schemes

Seán Canney

603. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an applicant for the local authority home loan will be considered as a second chance applicant if they are divorced but still retain a legal interest in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/24]

Hedge Cutting

Paul Kehoe

604. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to extend the period for hedge cutting beyond 1 March 2024 and commencing earlier than 1 September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11709/24]

Hedge Cutting

Paul Kehoe

605. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has considered any options regarding representations to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an extension to the period for hedge cutting, to extend beyond 1 March 2024 and start earlier than 1 September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/24]

Housing Policy

Cian O'Callaghan

606. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his Department's examination of the creation of a system of holding rental deposits as set out in housing policy objective 2.12 of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11720/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

607. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer in 2023 per unit of accommodation for each of the housing funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11721/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

608. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024; the estimated amount of expenditure it has allocated to deliver same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11722/24]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

609. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the revolving Housing Agency Acquisitions Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

610. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total spend via the social housing current expenditure programme in 2023, broken down by lease types (details supplied); the total number of leases funded in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/24]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

611. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if allowing for publication of election candidates' home addresses is mandated in statute; and, if not, if he has given consideration to issuing a memorandum or statutory instrument, ending the practice of publication of home addresses of election candidates. [11747/24]

Departmental Data

Cian O'Callaghan

612. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the 2023 Q4 social and affordable housing statistics will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11752/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

613. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the tripartite agreement on the delivery of social and affordable housing in the Poolbeg SDZ will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11766/24]

Housing Provision

Jim O'Callaghan

614. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown, by county of the 39,900 homes, in the context of planning measures introduced in 2021, with some 39,900 homes granted planning permission with conditions prohibiting the bulk purchase by, or multiple sale to a single purchaser between May 2021 and December 2023. [11767/24]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

615. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a tenant’s top-up led them to accumulating arrears would he consider HAP rates for this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/24]

Housing Policy

Mairéad Farrell

616. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason local authority tenants are allowed to rent a room in their home, but those in accommodation owned by the approved housing bodies are not allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/24]